COBELL, et al v. SALAZAR , et al

Filing 4063

ORDER denying 4059 Emergency Motion to Stay Distribution of Settlement Funds. Signed by Judge Thomas F. Hogan on 8/28/2014.(lctfh1)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Civil Action No. 96-01285 (TFH)

SALLY JEWELL, Secretary of the
Interior, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to Stay Distribution of
Settlement Funds that are Subject to Pending Appeal. Plaintiffs seek to withhold $8.2 million in
expense reimbursement claims from the settlement distribution in addition to the $48 million in
settlement funds that are already expected to be withheld for various reasons. Upon
consideration of the parties’ submissions and the record in this case, it is now
ORDERED, that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Stay Distribution [ECF No. 4059] is DENIED.
This Court has previously denied Plaintiffs’ expense application for the funds Plaintiff now seeks
to withhold. See Order Granting Final Approval to Settlement, July 26, 2011 [ECF No. 3850];
Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration of Class Representatives’ Expense
Application, March 20, 2014 [ECF No. 4034]. Plaintiffs have given this Court no reason to
withhold these funds from the settlement distribution.
SO ORDERED.
August 28, 2014

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Thomas F. Hogan
Senior United States District Judge